The two most prophetic works for our time are The Handmaid’s Tale and Idiocracy.
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The two most prophetic works for our time are The Handmaid’s Tale and Idiocracy.
C’mon, what are they gonna do, take away women’s right to vote — oh wait… bsky.app/profile/nick...
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
“Yes, I am Putin’s bitch. Questions?”
if your answer isn’t an unequivocal “yes” then you’re a shit journalist
Somehow, this reminds me of the scene in the Jim Carrey movie “Liar, Liar” in which his sudden inability to lie leads him into bizarre contortions as a result.
It is most certainly time to make Trump’s bootlickers pay for always caving in to his incredibly harmful extremist nonsense. I can’t wait to hold all these clowns’ feet to the fire.
No doubt solving this emergency will require sending troops and ICE to cities with Democratic mayors to crack the skulls of Latinos and throw them into gulags.
Arguably, the thing George Washington is best known and loved for is knowing when to step aside. It’s a critically important thing for a democracy and kudos to @nadler.house.gov for doing the right thing here.
I'm glad he's making room for the next gen. He fought hard for the Equal Rights Amendment for years. I appreciate his service and am hopeful about whoever replaces him.
The bandit will get away with as much cash and bribes as he can while the rubes that believed in him will get screwed as always.
Both sides uber alles.
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Weekend At Donald’s
Worst comedy ever…
This is how I know we’re going to beat Trump - and why we need to be much more aggressive about doing so without any delay. I mean, this is not the way to win the troops to your side, Mr. Very Stable Genius…
Certainly, though it shouldn't be presented as "anti" each other but simply as different ends of an inclusive big tent.
Aspiring emperors with no clothes always veil themselves in mystical horsewaddle. Call it what it is, a schtick.
Fingers crossed. Hungary would be the perfect place to begin rolling back the fascist wave.
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
Nothing to worry about, according to my Dowd brand toilet paper...
average Dem strategist: we must focus on bipartisan policies that undercut Republican attacks average Dem voter: having studied the denazification of Germany, we must raze the RNC and leave JD Vance clutching a single wool blanket in a cell after we strip him of everything
Once again, corruption all the time, in plain sight with MAGA.
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
“After Biden’s 2024 loss, some journalists said the election was a wake-up call—that newsrooms needed to do more to expose the truth no matter how uncomfortable... Just months later, when it comes to the same issue of presidential health, they are already falling short of that promise.”
“When President Joe Biden ran for reelection at 81, his age and health were subjected to persistent scrutiny … In Trump’s case—the oldest person to take the oath of office who regularly fabricates stories and misremembers names—the bruises and swelling have barely merited a wire-service brief.”
This is a perfect example of the deranged & maniacal approach to immigration being pursued by the Trump Admin. They conducted a raid on a live fire line in Washington State, taking into custody undocumented people who were engaged in the atrocity of working to contain a life threatening forest fire.
When his death does come, it will probably be treated with the exact same problem that gave this narcissist power in the first place - way too much of our attention. When he is gone, may we resume the hard work of community and democracy, and may his name disappear, along with his body.
The less Trump, the better.
There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt. This is simply false. - UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh - panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions. They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
WHOA. Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley just announced her retirement. She was up for reelection in April. Liberals now have an even better chance to increase their majority from 4-3 to 5-2. x.com/mattsmith_ne...
Ashli Babbitt was a domestic terrorist who was shot while committing a violent crime that demonstrated a clear intention to do bodily harm to the people on the other side of those doors. The officer ended the threat she represented...as they were required to do by lethal force if necessary. It was
@zachwahls.bsky.social earned my follow!
Iowa State Senator Zach Wahls, who hopes to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Joni Ernst, talks with Jen Psaki about the top two issues he hears about on the campaign trail: the economy, and political corruption. @zachwahls.bsky.social
After 60 years of trying to electrify populations with fossil fuels, people finally figured out there was a much better way. One with less corruption. Electricity poverty is real and clean energy is now at scale to solve it. This will unleash human flourishing.
But RFK said not to trust the experts!
Huge news - appeals court rules that a majority of the President’s tariffs are illegal. The President is wreaking havoc on our economy, and he is breaking the law to do it. We must right this ship. We need sane trade policy again.
The opportunity to flip the Senate, or even greatly narrow the margin, is exhilarating.
The "Well, we're all going to die" lady is dropping out. Given the last two special elections in Iowa, Ernst is running scared.
They designed these things to kiss the user’s a** and didn’t consider any negative consequences…
Putin got his red carpet and his green light from Trump and thinks he’s all good now.
I wish America had politicians that were that honest.
The President of Portugal said that Trump is a Russian asset “He functions as an asset,” Rebelo de Sousa calmly explained his reasoning.
We need to stop all those foreigners taking advantage of our country by sending us more kidneys than they buy!
Brilliant - all the people kicked off Medicaid can just sell their kidneys to get medical care! You’ll be able to go the hospital and get it all done in one transaction, like turning in your car to the dealer when you go to buy a new one.
There is a checkpoint like this every single night in DC. DC police stop cars and ICE is on hand to question drivers. This is deeply not normal, but becoming a regular part of DC life.
Sending my love and support to these brave and dedicated CDC workers.
This is Thanos. He has figured out how to rest and babysit at the same time. Very impressive, very Montessori. 13/10 (TT: thanosthesaint)
Thank you, @vasenatedems.bsky.social for fighting back against Republican efforts to destroy Virginia’s universities. Please keep it up and do not waver - we need protection against the MAGA fascist assault on so many fronts.
Does this mean that 10 years from now they’ll start discussing what to do about it?
Just in: @stevanzetti.bsky.social & @tristanl.ee's work on open-source extremist identifications for the @texasobserver.org & @bellingcat.com has won the Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award, small newsroom category, from @journalists.org: awards.journalists.org/entries/open...
As the cracks just begin to form in the MAGA coalition, we must do all we can to widen them…
Watergate-level sh** in plain sight, but this time with the ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY 100% on board with the corruption and criminality, no matter how far it goes.
Bill Pulte has weaponized his office to attack Trump’s political enemies, including economist Lisa Cook. However, critics argue that Pulte's abuse of office is "a far, far greater offense than any personal mortgage occupancy fraud by a federal official."
Every day, they find new ways to kill us all.
This is just part of RFK Jr.'s body count. And Russ Vought? His destruction of the ranks of CDC (and NIH etc) are making it impossible for remaining staff to do their jobs. This is what he wants. As he said he wants bureaucrats to be traumatized. Does this sound like a normal human being? 5/
#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
Big Oil’s $400+ million investment in Trump and his enablers paying off handsomely for them while slowly killing all of us. www.commondreams.org/news/big-oil...
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Trump keeps reminding me more and more of Mao. He absolutely craves his own Cultural Revolution. My latest on that:
Washington D.C. now, predecessors in Beijing, Moscow and Berlin
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
One of the defining features of totalitarian leaders and movements is their consistent contempt for science and repression of scientists.
Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
DOGE, the fake govt agency named after a fraudulent meme coin is a fraud? No one could have seen this coming 🤦🏼♂️
Trump just continues to break the law every single day and his fellow Republicans in Congress and SCOTUS keep letting him get away with it.
Thank you from a Virginian fighting to finally free us from the right wing grasp.
Trump endlessly sold us the Big Lie that his immigration crackdown was needed to rid the country of millions of hardened criminals who had flooded into the country - and the media spread this BS like faithful dogs. The reality is they go after innocent people contributing to society because RACISM.
Will they try to indict him again? Well, they mayo may not.
Ah, finally we find out what “crime wave” Trump was rambling about - out of control littering!
Absolutely. It wasn’t all that long ago that the Handmaid’s Tale of fascist takeover of the US seemed a little far-fetched, yet here we are.
I genuinely think part of the current political dynamic is that a lot of Dems -- especially your typical educated, affluent city-dwellers -- simply can't believe what's going on. Even though it's right there on the TV, right there in the streets, it's hard to shake the feeling of unreality.
Oh, believe me, Trump is taking his fascist takeover very seriously…
Let’s replace these cable “news” talking heads with potted plants and see if anyone can tell the difference.
A 20 point swing toward Democrats. Ready to run for office? @runforsomething.net will help. runforwhat.net
HUGE FLIP: Democrat Catelin Drey wins deep-red state Senate seat in Iowa, breaking the GOP's supermajority. Drey won by 11 points in a district Donald Trump carried by 11 points last year. It's another massive overperformance. The Iowa GOP should be very worried for the midterms. Our full writeup:
Just checked the record and both of my Senators, @kaine.senate.gov and @markwarner.bsky.social voted for this world-class embarrassment of an a**-kisser. Have you guys learned your lesson YET? www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Do you ever hear about something trending and then you reluctantly look up to see what the fuss if all about and then you wish you didn’t because it’s dumber than a bag of rocks?
Excellent news - work on “Alligator Alactraz” stopped cold by the courts. I didn’t even realize these a**holes were building this gulag right in the middle of the freaking Everglades…
It’s National Dog Day and even the cats are joining in the honorifics…..
Why help spread a lie when it’s your job to report the facts? I mean, no effort at a fact check here, none?
Good account of what utter chaos and incompetence look like. But let’s face it, parking lot lawyer Habba was only chosen for those pouty lips - in a gangster administration, she looks like the perfect moll.
Tennessee Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social (a candidate for Congress in TN-7) on @govbilllee sending National Guard Troops to curry favor with Trump: “It’s very clear this isn’t about public safety, it’s about political theater.”
That’s the way to do it - tell the bully to get bent!
www.reuters.com/world/us/wha... Cook released a statement saying she will not resign and she will continue to carry out her duties. "Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so."
The entire VA Assembly is up for election THIS NOVEMBER, along with VA Governor, Lt Gov and Attorney General. secure.actblue.com/donate/vablu...
Call it the Triple Pirrouette!
one sign that the “unitary executive” is less the restoration of an older constitutional order and more the imposition of a radical new one is that allowing the president to act untethered from most legal or congressional limits has largely just served to plunge the country into disorder
“I’m about to lose my farm… Do you think we’re idiots? You know nothing about what a working class citizen does.” 🔥 Whew. Watch. Share.
When authoritarian leaders interfere with the independence of their central banks and fire statisticians for reporting accurate economic data it leads to economic ruin. Trump is following the playbook of failing nations.
Well, the rest of us have long held Veri Fake in contempt.
*claims to have fired without having any legal basis for doing so.
FUCK ME DO NOT DESCRIBE TRUMP'S PLANS IN THE HEADLINES WITHOUT NOTING THEY ARE ILLEGAL.
trump fires* lisa cook *claims to have fired any news outlet saying otherwise is manufacturing consent 😇
Or not: “…the only reason that a Federal Reserve governor can be removed from their position is ‘for cause’…[SCOTUS] in May said, while granting Trump the ability to remove members of other independent agencies, that the Federal Reserve is a ‘uniquely structured, quasi-private entity.’”
Are we “great again” yet?
